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Yavor Doganov |
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trans-coord/gnun licenses/license-list.html ser... |
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Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:10:27 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/trans-coord
Module name: trans-coord
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 11/09/17 18:10:27
Modified files:
gnun/licenses : license-list.html
gnun/server : tasks.html
Log message:
Automatic sync from the master www repository.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/trans-coord/gnun/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=trans-coord&r1=1.64&r2=1.65
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/trans-coord/gnun/server/tasks.html?cvsroot=trans-coord&r1=1.10&r2=1.11
Patches:
Index: licenses/license-list.html
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diff -u -b -r1.64 -r1.65
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+++ licenses/license-list.html 17 Sep 2011 18:10:26 -0000 1.65
@@ -9,40 +9,52 @@
<h3><a id="TableOfContents">Table of Contents</a></h3>
<ul>
- <li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li>
- <li><a href="#SoftwareLicenses">Software Licenses</a>
+<li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#SoftwareLicenses">Software Licenses</a>
<ul>
- <li><a href="#GPLCompatibleLicenses">GPL-Compatible Free Software
Licenses</a></li>
- <li><a href="#GPLIncompatibleLicenses">GPL-Incompatible Free Software
Licenses</a></li>
- <li><a href="#NonFreeSoftwareLicense">Non-Free Software Licenses</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#GPLCompatibleLicenses">
+ GPL-Compatible Free Software Licenses</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#GPLIncompatibleLicenses">
+ GPL-Incompatible Free Software Licenses</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#NonFreeSoftwareLicenses">Non-Free Software Licenses</a></li>
</ul>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#DocumentationLicenses">Licenses For Documentation</a>
+</li>
+
+<li><a href="#DocumentationLicenses">Licenses For Documentation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#FreeDocumentationLicenses">Free Documentation
Licenses</a></li>
- <li><a href="#NonFreeDocumentationLicenses">Non-Free Documentation
Licenses</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#NonFreeDocumentationLicenses">
+ Non-Free Documentation Licenses</a></li>
</ul>
+</li>
+
+<li><a href="#OtherLicenses">
+ Licenses for Works of Practical Use Besides Software and Documentation</a>
+ <ul><li><a href="#Fonts">Licenses for Fonts</a></li></ul>
</li>
- <li><a href="#OtherLicenses">Licenses for Works of Practical Use Besides
- Software and Documentation</a>
- <ul><li><a href="#Fonts">Licenses for Fonts</a></li></ul></li>
- <li><a href="#OpinionLicenses">Licenses for Works of Opinion and
Judgment</a></li>
+<li><a href="#OpinionLicenses">
+ Licenses for Works of Opinion and Judgment</a></li>
</ul>
+
<h2><a id="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
<p>We classify a license according to certain key criteria:</p>
<ul>
- <li>Whether it qualifies as a
- <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a> license.</li>
- <li>Whether it is a <a
- href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">copyleft</a> license.</li>
- <li>Whether it
- is <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesCompatMean">compatible
- with the GNU GPL</a>. Unless otherwise specified, compatible
- licenses are compatible with both GPLv2 and GPLv3.</li>
- <li>Whether it causes any particular practical problems.</li>
+<li>Whether it qualifies as a
+<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a> license.</li>
+
+<li>Whether it is a <a href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">copyleft</a>
+license.</li>
+
+<li>Whether it is
+<a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesCompatMean">compatible with
+the GNU GPL</a>. Unless otherwise specified, compatible licenses are
+compatible with both GPLv2 and GPLv3.</li>
+
+<li>Whether it causes any particular practical problems.</li>
</ul>
<p>We try to list the most commonly encountered free software license on
@@ -85,20 +97,28 @@
<h2><a id="SoftwareLicenses">Software Licenses</a></h2>
-<h3 id="FreeLicenses"><a id="GPLCompatibleLicenses">
- GPL-Compatible Free Software Licenses</a></h3>
+<h3><a id="FreeLicenses"></a>
+ <a id="GPLCompatibleLicenses">
+ GPL-Compatible Free Software Licenses</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#GPLCompatibleLicenses">#GPLCompatibleLicenses</a>)</span>
+</h3>
<p><strong>The following licenses qualify as <a
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>
licenses, and are compatible with the <a href="#GNUGPL">GNU
GPL</a>.</strong></p>
-<dl>
-<dt><a id="GNUGPL" href="/licenses/gpl.html">
- GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3</a></dt>
+<dl>
+<dt><a id="GNUGPL"></a> <!-- both generic and version-specific anchors -->
+ <a id="GNUGPLv3" href="/licenses/gpl.html">
+ GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#GNUGPL">#GNUGPL</a>)
+ (<a href="#GNUGPL">#GNUGPLv3</a>)
+ </span></dt>
<dd>
-
<p>This is the latest version of the GNU GPL: a free software license, and
a copyleft license. We recommend it for most software packages.</p>
@@ -110,10 +130,11 @@
please <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility">see our
FAQ</a>.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="GPLv2" href="/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">
- GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2</a></dt>
+ GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#GPLv2">#GPLv2</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
-
<p>This is the previous version of the GNU GPL: a free software license, and
a copyleft license. We recommend <a href="#GNUGPL">the latest version</a>
for most software.</p>
@@ -127,8 +148,12 @@
FAQ</a>.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="LGPL" href="/licenses/lgpl.html">
- GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="LGPL"></a>
+ <a id="LGPLv3" href="/licenses/lgpl.html">
+ GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#LGPL">#LGPL</a>)
+ (<a href="#LGPL">#LGPLv3</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is the latest version of the LGPL: a free software license, but not
a strong copyleft license, because it permits linking with non-free
@@ -144,8 +169,11 @@
please <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility">see our
FAQ</a>.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="LGPLv2.1" href="/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html">
- GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1</a></dt>
+ GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#LGPLv2.1">#LGPLv2.1</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is the previous version of the LGPL: a free software license,
but not a strong copyleft license, because it permits linking with
@@ -157,8 +185,13 @@
please <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility">see our
FAQ</a>.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="AGPLv3.0" href="/licenses/agpl.html">GNU Affero General Public
-License (AGPL) version 3</a></dt>
+
+<dt><a id="AGPL"></a>
+ <a id="AGPLv3.0" href="/licenses/agpl.html">
+ GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) version 3</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#AGPL">#AGPL</a>)
+ (<a href="#AGPLv3.0">#AGPLv3.0</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software, copyleft license. Its terms effectively
consist of the terms of GPLv3, with an additional paragraph in section 13
@@ -175,10 +208,14 @@
under both of those licenses in a single project, which will provide
many programmers with all the permission they need to make the
programs they want. See section 13 of both licenses for
-details.</p> </dd>
+details.</p></dd>
+
-<dt><a href="/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Other-Files.html"
- id="GNUAllPermissive">GNU All-Permissive License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="GNUAllPermissive"
+ href="/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Other-Files.html">
+ GNU All-Permissive License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#GNUAllPermissive">#GNUAllPermissive</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple permissive free software license, compatible with
the GNU GPL, which we recommend GNU packages use for README and other
@@ -187,11 +224,13 @@
<p>Older versions of this license did not have the second sentence with
the express warranty disclaimer. This same analysis applies to both
-versions.</p>
-</dd>
+versions.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="apache2" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0";>
- Apache License, Version 2.0</a></dt>
+ Apache License, Version 2.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#apache2">#apache2</a>)</span>
+ </dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, compatible with version 3 of the GPL.</p>
@@ -200,16 +239,21 @@
certain patent termination and indemnification provisions.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="ArtisticLicense2"
href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0";>Artistic
-License 2.0</a></dt>
-
-<dd><p>This license is a free software license, compatible with the GPL
+<dt><a id="ArtisticLicense2"
+ href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0";>
+ Artistic License 2.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#ArtisticLicense2">#ArtisticLicense2</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This license is a free software license, compatible with the GPL
thanks to the relicensing option in section 4(c)(ii).</p></dd>
+
<!-- this url no longer works and there is no obvious replacement.
- Since Clarified Artistic was never used by Perl, let's temporarily
+ Since Clarified Artistic was never used by Perl, let's
comment it out. -karl, 27nov08.
-<dt><a
href="http://www.statistica.unimib.it/utenti/dellavedova/software/artistic2.html";>
+<dt><a href=
+ "http://www.statistica.unimib.it/utenti/dellavedova/software/artistic2.html";>
Clarified Artistic License</a></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license is a free software license, compatible with the GPL. It
@@ -217,21 +261,30 @@
href="#ArtisticLicense">Artistic License 1.0</a>.</p></dd>
-->
-<dt><a id="BerkleyDB"
href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads/oslicense-093458.html";>Berkeley
Database License</a> (a.k.a. the Sleepycat Software Product License)</dt>
+
+<dt><a id="BerkleyDB"></a> <!-- misspelled id, leave for compatibility -->
+ <a id="BerkeleyDB"
+
href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads/oslicense-093458.html";>
+ Berkeley Database License</a>
+ (a.k.a. the Sleepycat Software Product License)
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#BerkeleyDB">#BerkeleyDB</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="boost" href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt";>
- Boost Software License</a></dt>
+ Boost Software License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#boost">#boost</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,
compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="ModifiedBSD"
- href="http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#5";>
- Modified BSD license</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="ModifiedBSD" href="http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#5";>
+ Modified BSD license</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#ModifiedBSD">#ModifiedBSD</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>(Note: on the preceding link, the modified BSD license is
listed in the <em>General</em> section.)</p>
@@ -247,14 +300,15 @@
risk, you can suggest the X11 license instead. The X11 license and the
revised BSD license are more or less equivalent.</p>
-<p>This license is sometimes referred to as the 3-clause BSD license.
-</p>
-</dd>
+<p>This license is sometimes referred to as the 3-clause BSD license.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="CC0"
-href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode";>CC0</a></dt>
-<dd><p>CC0 is a public domain dedication from Creative Commons. A
+<dt><a id="CC0"
+ href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode";>
+ CC0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#CC0">#CC0</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>CC0 is a public domain dedication from Creative Commons. A
work released under CC0 is dedicated to the public domain to the
fullest extent permitted by law. If that is not possible for any
reason, CC0 also provides a simple permissive license as a fallback.
@@ -264,8 +318,11 @@
<p>If you want to release your work to the public domain, we recommend
you use CC0.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="CeCILL" href="http://www.cecill.info/licences.en.html";>
- CeCILL version 2</a></dt>
+ CeCILL version 2</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#CeCILL">#CeCILL</a>)</span>
+ </dt>
<dd>
<p>The CeCILL is a free software license, explicitly compatible with the
GNU GPL.</p>
@@ -278,6 +335,7 @@
was unfortunate, because reading the license tends to spread the
presuppositions of those terms. However, this does not cause any
particular problem for the programs released under the CeCILL.</p>
+
<p>Section 9.4 of the CeCILL commits the program's developers to certain
forms of cooperation with the users, if someone attacks the program
with a patent. You might look at that as a problem for the developer;
@@ -286,29 +344,35 @@
<dt><a id="clearbsd"
- href="http://labs.metacarta.com/license-explanation.html#license";>The
- Clear BSD License</a></dt>
-
-<dd><p>This is a free software license, compatible with both GPLv2 and
- GPLv3. It is based on the <a href="#ModifiedBSD">modified BSD
- license</a>, and adds a term expressly stating it does not grant
- you any patent licenses. Because of this, we encourage you to be
- careful about using software under this license; you should first
- consider whether the licensor might want to sue you for patent
- infringement. If the developer is disclaiming patent licenses to
- set up a trap for you, it would be wise to avoid the
- program.</p></dd>
-
-<dt><a id="CryptixGeneralLicense"
- href="http://www.cryptix.org/LICENSE.TXT";>
- Cryptix General License</a></dt>
+ href="http://labs.metacarta.com/license-explanation.html#license";>
+ The Clear BSD License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#clearbsd">#clearbsd</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license, compatible with both GPLv2 and
+GPLv3. It is based on the <a href="#ModifiedBSD">modified BSD
+license</a>, and adds a term expressly stating it does not grant you any
+patent licenses. Because of this, we encourage you to be careful about
+using software under this license; you should first consider whether the
+licensor might want to sue you for patent infringement. If the
+developer is disclaiming patent licenses to set up a trap for you, it
+would be wise to avoid the program.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a id="CryptixGeneralLicense" href="http://www.cryptix.org/LICENSE.TXT";>
+ Cryptix General License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#CryptixGeneralLicense">#CryptixGeneralLicense</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,
compatible with the GNU GPL. It is very similar to the X11 license.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="eCos20" href="/licenses/ecos-license.html">
- eCos license version 2.0</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="eCos20"></a> <!-- without decimal, leave for compatibility -->
+ <a id="eCos2.0" href="/licenses/ecos-license.html">
+ eCos license version 2.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#eCos20">#eCos2.0</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The eCos license version 2.0 is a GPL-compatible free software
license. It consists of the GPL, plus an exception allowing linking to
@@ -318,8 +382,9 @@
<dt><a id="ECL2.0" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php";>
- Educational Community License 2.0</a></dt>
-
+ Educational Community License 2.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#ECL.20">#ECL2.0</a>)</span></dt>
<dd><p>This is a free software license, and it is compatible with
GPLv3. It is based on the <a href="#apache2">Apache License
2.0</a>; the scope of the patent license has changed so that when
@@ -328,108 +393,129 @@
patent license and the indemnification clause in section 9 make
this license incompatible with GPLv2.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="Eiffel" href="/licenses/eiffel-forum-license-2.html">
- Eiffel Forum License, version 2</a></dt>
+ Eiffel Forum License, version 2</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Eiffel">#Eiffel</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
-
<p>This is a free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL. <a
href="http://www.eiffel-nice.org/license/forum.txt";>Previous
releases</a> of the Eiffel license are not compatible with the
GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="EUDataGrid"
href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eudatagrid.php";>
- EU DataGrid Software License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="EUDataGrid"
+ href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eudatagrid.php";>
+ EU DataGrid Software License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#EUDataGrid">#EUDataGrid</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,
compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="Expat" href="http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt";>
- Expat License</a></dt>
+ Expat License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Expat">#Expat</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,
compatible with the GNU GPL. It is sometimes ambiguously referred to as
-the <em>MIT License</em>.
-</p></dd>
+the <em>MIT License</em>.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="FreeBSD"
href="http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html";>
- FreeBSD license</a></dt>
+ FreeBSD license</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#FreeBSD">#FreeBSD</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is the original BSD license with the advertising clause and
another clause removed. (It is also sometimes called the
“2-clause BSD license”.) It is a simple, permissive
non-copyleft free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
+
<p>If you want a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,
the FreeBSD license is a reasonable choice. However, please don't call
it a “BSD” or “BSD-style” license, because that
is likely to cause confusion which could lead to use of the flawed <a
-href="#OriginalBSD"><em>original</em> BSD license</a>.</p> </dd>
+href="#OriginalBSD"><em>original</em> BSD license</a>.</p></dd>
-<dt><a href="http://freetype.fis.uniroma2.it/FTL.TXT";
- id="freetype">Freetype Project License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="freetype" href="http://freetype.fis.uniroma2.it/FTL.TXT";>
+ Freetype Project License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#freetype">#freetype</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license, and compatible with GPLv3. It has
+some attribution requirements which make it incompatible with
+GPLv2.</p></dd>
-<dd><p>This is a free software license, and compatible with GPLv3. It
- has some attribution requirements which make it incompatible with
- GPLv2.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="iMatix" href="http://legacy.imatix.com/html/sfl/sfl4.htm#license";>
- License of the iMatix Standard Function Library</a></dt>
-
-<dd><p>This is a free software license and is GPL compatible.</p></dd>
+ License of the iMatix Standard Function Library</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#iMatix">#iMatix</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license and is GPL compatible.</p></dd>
-<dt><a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/Amaya/libjpeg/Attic/README?rev=1.2";
- id="ijg">Independent JPEG Group License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="ijg"
+ href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/Amaya/libjpeg/Attic/README?rev=1.2";>
+ Independent JPEG Group License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ijg">#ijg</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license, and compatible with the GNU GPL.
+The authors have assured us that developers who document changes as
+required by the GPL will also comply with the similar requirement in
+this license.</p></dd>
-<dd><p>This is a free software license, and compatible with the GNU
- GPL. The authors have assured us that developers who document
- changes as required by the GPL will also comply with the similar
- requirement in this license.</p></dd>
-<dt><a href="http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/browser/trunk/imlib2/COPYING";
- id="imlib">License of imlib2</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="imlib"
+ href="http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/browser/trunk/imlib2/COPYING";>
+ License of imlib2</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#imlib">#imlib</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license, and GPL-compatible. The author has
+explained to us that the GPL's options for providing source all mean the
+source has been "made available publicly" in their
+words.</p></dd>
-<dd><p>This is a free software license, and GPL-compatible. The
- author has explained to us that the GPL's options for providing
- source all mean the source has been "made available
- publicly" in their words.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="intel"
href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/intel-open-source-license.html";>
- Intel Open Source License</a></dt>
+ Intel Open Source License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#intel">#intel</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
-<p>This is a Free Software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
-
+<p>This is a free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a href="http://www.isc.org/software/license";
- id="ISC">ISC License</a></dt>
-<dd><p>This license is sometimes also known as the OpenBSD License.
- It is a free software license, and compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
+<dt><a id="ISC" href="http://www.isc.org/software/license";>
+ ISC License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ISC">#ISC</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This license is sometimes also known as the OpenBSD License. It is a
+free software license, and compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
<p>This license does have an unfortunate wording choice: it provides
- recipients with "Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or
- distribute this software...." This is roughly the same language from
- the license of Pine that the University of Washington later claimed
- prohibited people from distributing modified versions of the
- software.</p>
+recipients with "Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute
+this software…" This is roughly the same language from the
+license of Pine that the University of Washington later claimed
+prohibited people from distributing modified versions of the
+software.</p>
<p>ISC has told us they do not share the University of Washington's
- interpretation, and we have every reason to believe them. Thus,
- there's no reason to avoid software released under this license.
- However, to help make sure this language cannot cause any trouble in
- the future, we encourage developers to choose a different license for
- their own works. The <a href="#Expat">Expat License</a> and <a
- href="#FreeBSD">FreeBSD License</a> are similarly permissive and
- brief.</p></dd>
-
-<dt><a id="NCSA"
- href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/UoI-NCSA.php";>
- NCSA/University of Illinois Open Source License</a></dt>
+interpretation, and we have every reason to believe them. Thus, there's
+no reason to avoid software released under this license. However, to
+help make sure this language cannot cause any trouble in the future, we
+encourage developers to choose a different license for their own works.
+The <a href="#Expat">Expat License</a> and <a href="#FreeBSD">FreeBSD
+License</a> are similarly permissive and brief.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a id="NCSA" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/UoI-NCSA.php";>
+ NCSA/University of Illinois Open Source License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#NCSA">#NCSA</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license is based on the terms of the <a href="#Expat">Expat</a>
and <a href="#ModifiedBSD">modified BSD</a> licenses. It is a simple,
@@ -437,29 +523,39 @@
GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt id="NetscapeJavascript">License of Netscape Javascript</dt>
-<dd>
-<p>
-This is the disjunction of the <a href="#NPL">Netscape Public
-License</a> and the <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU
-GPL</a>. Because of that, it is a free software license, compatible
-with the GNU GPL, but not a strong copyleft.</p>
-<p>This disjunctive license is a good choice if you want to make your
-package GPL-compatible and MPL-compatible. However, you can also
-accomplish that by using the LGPL or the Guile license.</p>
+<dt><a id="NetscapeJavascript"></a> <!-- lc `s', leave for compatibility -->
+ <a id="NetscapeJavaScript"></a>
+ License of Netscape JavaScript
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#NetscapeJavaScript">#NetscapeJavaScript</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is the disjunction of the <a href="#NPL">Netscape Public
+License</a> and the <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL</a>. Because
+of that, it is a free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL, but
+not a strong copyleft.</p> <p>This disjunctive license is a good choice
+if you want to make your package GPL-compatible and MPL-compatible.
+However, you can also accomplish that by using the LGPL or the Guile
+license.</p>
+
<p>Such a disjunctive license might be a good choice if you have been
using the MPL, and want to change to a GPL-compatible license without
-subtracting any permission you have given for previous versions.</p></dd>
+subtracting any permission you have given for previous
+versions.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="newOpenLDAP"
href="http://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html";>
- OpenLDAP License, Version 2.7</a></dt>
+ OpenLDAP License, Version 2.7</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#newOpenLDAP">#newOpenLDAP</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a permissive non-copyleft free software license that is
compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="PerlLicense">License of Perl 5 and below</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="PerlLicense">License of Perl 5 and below</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#PerlLicense">#PerlLicense</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license is the disjunction of the <a
href="#ArtisticLicense">Artistic License 1.0</a> and the <a
@@ -468,20 +564,22 @@
software license, but it may not be a real copyleft. It is compatible
with the <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL</a>
because the GNU GPL is one of the alternatives.</p>
+
<p>We recommend you use this license for any Perl 4 or Perl 5 package
you write, to promote coherence and uniformity in Perl programming.
Outside of Perl, we urge you not to use this license; it is better to
use just the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="PublicDomain">Public Domain</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="PublicDomain">Public Domain</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#PublicDomain">#PublicDomain</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Being in the public domain is not a license; rather, it means the
material is not copyrighted and no license is needed. Practically
speaking, though, if a work is in the public domain, it might as well
have an all-permissive non-copyleft free software license. Public
-domain material is compatible with the GNU GPL.
-</p>
+domain material is compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
<p>If you want to release your work to the public domain, we encourage
you to use formal tools to do so. We ask people who make small
@@ -493,7 +591,9 @@
possible.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="Python" href="http://www.python.org/2.0.1/license.html";>
- License of Python 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and newer versions</a></dt>
+ License of Python 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and newer versions</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Python">#Python</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license and is compatible with the GNU GPL.
Please note, however, that intermediate versions of Python (1.6b1,
@@ -501,82 +601,91 @@
href="#PythonOld">see below</a>).</p></dd>
-<dt>License of Python 1.6a2 and earlier versions</dt>
+<dt><a id="Python1.6a2"></a>
+ License of Python 1.6a2 and earlier versions
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Python1.6a2">#Python1.6a2</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license and is compatible with the GNU GPL.
Please note, however, that newer versions of Python are under other
-licenses (see above and below). </p></dd>
+licenses (see above and below).</p></dd>
<dt><a id="Ruby" href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt";>
- License of Ruby</a></dt>
+ License of Ruby</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Ruby">#Ruby</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, compatible with the GPL via an
explicit dual-licensing clause.</p></dd>
-<dt><a href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/"; id="SGIFreeB">
- SGI Free Software License B, version 2.0</a></dt>
+
+<dt><a id="SGIFreeB" href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/";>
+ SGI Free Software License B, version 2.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#SGIFreeB">#SGIFreeB</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The SGI Free Software License B version 2.0 is a free software
- license. It is essentially identical to
- the <a href="#X11License">X11 License</a>, with an optional
- alternative way of providing license notices.</p>
+license. It is essentially identical to the <a href="#X11License">X11
+License</a>, with an optional alternative way of providing license
+notices.</p>
<p>Previous versions of the SGI Free Software License B were not free
- software licenses, despite their name. However, they all included
- clauses that allow you to upgrade to new versions of the license, if
- you choose to do so. As a result, if a piece of software was
- released under any version of the SGI Free License B, you can use
- it under the terms of this free version.</p></dd>
+software licenses, despite their name. However, they all included
+clauses that allow you to upgrade to new versions of the license, if you
+choose to do so. As a result, if a piece of software was released under
+any version of the SGI Free License B, you can use it under the terms of
+this free version.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="StandardMLofNJ"
- href="http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/smlnj/license.html";>Standard
- ML of New Jersey Copyright License</a></dt>
+ href="http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/smlnj/license.html";>
+ Standard ML of New Jersey Copyright License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#StandardMLofNJ">#StandardMLofNJ</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,
-compatible with the GNU GPL.
-</p></dd>
-
+compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="Unicode"
- href="http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#Exhibit1";>Unicode,
- Inc. License Agreement for Data Files and Software</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="Unicode" href="http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#Exhibit1";>
+ Unicode, Inc. License Agreement for Data Files and Software</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Unicode">#Unicode</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a license that Unicode, Inc. has applied to the Unicode
- Character Database—various data files that developers can use
- to help implement the Unicode standard in their own programs. It is
- a simple permissive license, compatible with all versions of the
- GPL.</p>
+Character Database—various data files that developers can use to
+help implement the Unicode standard in their own programs. It is a
+simple permissive license, compatible with all versions of the GPL.</p>
<p>If you want to use files covered by this License Agreement in your
- own software, that shouldn't be any problem, but we recommend that
- you also include a full copy of its text. Some of the files contain
- alternative license terms which are nonfree, or no licensing
- information at all, so including a copy of the License Agreement
- will help avoid confusion when others want to distribute your
- software. Of course, you'll also need to follow the conditions in
- this License Agreement for distributing the files, but those are
- very straightforward.</p>
+own software, that shouldn't be any problem, but we recommend that
+you also include a full copy of its text. Some of the files contain
+alternative license terms which are nonfree, or no licensing
+information at all, so including a copy of the License Agreement
+will help avoid confusion when others want to distribute your
+software. Of course, you'll also need to follow the conditions in
+this License Agreement for distributing the files, but those are
+very straightforward.</p>
<p>Please take care to ensure that the files you are using are covered
- by this License Agreement. Other files published by Unicode,
- Inc. are covered by the Unicode Terms of Use, a different, nonfree
- license that appears on the same page but covers different files. A
- short explanation at the top of this License Agreement details
- which files it covers.</p>
+by this License Agreement. Other files published by Unicode,
+Inc. are covered by the Unicode Terms of Use, a different, nonfree
+license that appears on the same page but covers different files. A
+short explanation at the top of this License Agreement details
+which files it covers.</p>
<p>Please do not use this License Agreement for your own software. If
- you want to use a simple permissive license for your project, please
- use the <a href="#Expat">Expat license</a>; it is by far more
- common, and widely recognized in the free software community.</p>
-</dd>
-
+you want to use a simple permissive license for your project, please
+use the <a href="#Expat">Expat license</a>; it is by far more
+common, and widely recognized in the free software community.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="Unlicense" href="http://unlicense.org/";>The Unlicense</a></dt>
-<dd><p>The Unlicense is a public domain dedication. A work released
+<dt><a id="Unlicense" href="http://unlicense.org/";>
+ The Unlicense</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Unlicense">#Unlicense</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>The Unlicense is a public domain dedication. A work released
under the Unlicense is dedicated to the public domain to the fullest
extent permitted by law, and also comes with an additional simple
license that helps cover any cases where the dedication is inadequate.
@@ -589,42 +698,49 @@
mature than the Unlicense.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="Vim" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/vim-license.txt";>
- License of Vim, Version 6.1 or later</a></dt>
+ License of Vim, Version 6.1 or later</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Vim">#Vim</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, partially copyleft but not
really. It is compatible with the GPL, by an explicit conversion
clause.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="W3C"
href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231";>
- W3C Software Notice and License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="W3C"
+ href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231";>
+ W3C Software Notice and License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#W3C">#W3C</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license and is GPL compatible.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a id="WebM" href="http://www.webmproject.org/license/";>
+ License of WebM</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#WebM">#WebM</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>Google's WebM implementation is covered by the <a
+href="#ModifiedBSD">Modified BSD License</a>. Google also provides a
+separate patent license (confusingly called an “Additional IP
+Rights Grant”) for patents that Google owns or controls that are
+necessarily infringed by their implementation of WebM. GPL-covered
+software can be distributed in compliance with this license's terms: it
+allows distributors to exercise all of the rights granted by the GPL,
+while fulfilling all its conditions. Thus, all of WebM's license is
+free and GPL-compatible.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a id="WTFPL" href="http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING";>
+ WTFPL, Version 2</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#WTFPL">#WTFPL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
-<p>This is a free software license and is GPL compatible.
-</p></dd>
+<p>This is a free software license, very permissive and
+GPL-compatible.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="WebM" href="http://www.webmproject.org/license/";>License of
- WebM</a></dt>
-<dd>
-<p>Google's WebM implementation is covered by
- the <a href="#ModifiedBSD">Modified BSD License</a>. Google also
- provides a separate patent license (confusingly called an
- “Additional IP Rights Grant”) for patents that Google
- owns or controls that are necessarily infringed by their
- implementation of WebM. GPL-covered software can be distributed in
- compliance with this license's terms: it allows distributors to
- exercise all of the rights granted by the GPL, while fulfilling all
- its conditions. Thus, all of WebM's license is free and
- GPL-compatible.</p>
-</dd>
-
-<dt><a id="WTFPL" href="http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING";>WTFPL, Version
2</a></dt>
-<dd><p>This is a free software license, very permissive and
- GPL-compatible.</p></dd>
-
-
-<dt><a id="X11License"
- href="http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#3";>
- X11 License</a></dt>
+
+<dt><a id="X11License" href="http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#3";>
+ X11 License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#X11License">#X11License</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,
compatible with the GNU GPL. Older versions of XFree86 used the same
@@ -637,8 +753,11 @@
software.</p></dd>
-<dt><a href="http://www.xfree86.org/current/LICENSE4.html";
- id="XFree861.1License">XFree86 1.1 License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="XFree861.1License"
+ href="http://www.xfree86.org/current/LICENSE4.html";>
+ XFree86 1.1 License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#XFree861.1License">#XFree861.1License</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,
compatible with version 3 of the GPL.</p>
@@ -653,63 +772,79 @@
<dt><a id="ZLib" href="http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_license.html";>
- License of ZLib</a></dt>
+ License of ZLib</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ZLib">#ZLib</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, and compatible with the GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="Zope20" href="http://www.zope.org/Resources/ZPL";>
- Zope Public License, versions 2.0 and 2.1</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="Zope20"></a> <!-- without decimal, leave for compatibility -->
+ <a id="Zope2.0" href="http://www.zope.org/Resources/ZPL";>
+ Zope Public License, versions 2.0 and 2.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Zope2.0">#Zope2.0</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license
which is compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
</dl>
-<hr />
+<hr />
<h3><a id="GPLIncompatibleLicenses">
- GPL-Incompatible Free Software Licenses</a></h3>
+ GPL-Incompatible Free Software Licenses</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#GPLIncompatibleLicenses">#GPLIncompatibleLicenses</a>)</span>
+</h3>
<p><strong>The following licenses
are <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a> licenses, but
are <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatIsCompatible"><em>not
compatible</em></a> with the <a href="#GNUGPL">GNU GPL</a>.</strong></p>
-<dl>
+<dl>
<dt><a id="AGPLv1.0" href="http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html";>
- Affero General Public License version 1</a></dt>
-
-<dd><p>The Affero General Public License is a free software license,
- copyleft, and incompatible with the GNU GPL. It consists of the
- GNU GPL version 2, with one additional section that Affero added
- with FSF approval. The new section, 2(d), covers the distribution
- of application programs through web services or computer
- networks.</p>
-
-<p>This license has been succeeded by the <a href="#AGPLv3.0">GNU
- Affero General Public License version 3</a>; please use that
- instead.</p></dd>
-
-
-<dt><a id="AcademicFreeLicense"
href="http://opensource.org/licenses/academic.php";>
- Academic Free License, all versions through 3.0</a></dt>
+ Affero General Public License version 1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#AGPLv1.0">#AGPLv1.0</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>The Affero General Public License is a free software license,
+copyleft, and incompatible with the GNU GPL. It consists of the GNU GPL
+version 2, with one additional section that Affero added with FSF
+approval. The new section, 2(d), covers the distribution of application
+programs through web services or computer networks.</p>
+
+<p>This license has been succeeded by the <a href="#AGPLv3.0">GNU Affero
+General Public License version 3</a>; please use that instead.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a id="AcademicFreeLicense"
+ href="http://opensource.org/licenses/academic.php";>
+ Academic Free License, all versions through 3.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#AcademicFreeLicense">#AcademicFreeLicense</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The Academic Free License is a free software license, not copyleft, and
incompatible with the GNU GPL. Recent versions contain contract clauses
similar to the <a href="#OSLRant">Open Software License</a>, and should be
avoided for the same reasons.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="apache1.1" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-1.1";>
- Apache License, Version 1.1</a></dt>
+ Apache License, Version 1.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#apache1.1">#apache1.1</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a permissive non-copyleft free software license. It has a few
requirements that render it incompatible with the GNU GPL, such as strong
prohibitions on the use of Apache-related names.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="apache1" href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-1.0";>
- Apache License, Version 1.0</a></dt>
+ Apache License, Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#apache1">#apache1</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license with an
advertising clause. This creates <a
@@ -719,7 +854,8 @@
<dt><a id="apsl2" href="http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl";>
- Apple Public Source License (APSL), version 2</a></dt>
+ Apple Public Source License (APSL), version 2</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#apsl2">#apsl2</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, incompatible with the GNU GPL. We
recommend that you not use this license for new software that you write,
@@ -728,26 +864,33 @@
explanation.</a></p></dd>
-<dt><a href="http://www.bittorrent.com/bittorrent-open-source-license";
- id="bittorrent">BitTorrent Open Source License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="bittorrent"
+ href="http://www.bittorrent.com/bittorrent-open-source-license";>
+ BitTorrent Open Source License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#bittorrent">#bittorrent</a>)</span></dt>
<dd><p>This is a free software license, but incompatible with the GPL,
- for the same reasons as the <a href="#josl">Jabber Open Source
- License</a>.</p></dd>
+for the same reasons as the <a href="#josl">Jabber Open Source
+License</a>.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="OriginalBSD" href="http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#6";>
- Original BSD license</a></dt>
+ Original BSD license</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#OriginalBSD">#OriginalBSD</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>(Note: on the preceding link, the original BSD license is listed in
the <em>UCB/LBL</em> section. This license is also sometimes called the
“4-clause BSD license”.)</p>
+
<p>This is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license with
a serious flaw: the “obnoxious BSD advertising clause”. The
flaw is not fatal; that is, it does not render the software non-free.
But it does cause <a
href="/philosophy/bsd.html">practical problems</a>,
including incompatibility with the GNU GPL.</p>
+
<p>We urge you not to use the original BSD license for software you
write. If you want to use a simple, permissive non-copyleft free
software license, it is much better to use the <a
@@ -758,50 +901,60 @@
<dt><a id="CDDL"
href="http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing/cddllicense.txt";>
- Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), version 1.0</a></dt>
+ Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id"> (<a href="#CDDL">#CDDL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license. It has a copyleft with a scope that's
similar to the one in the Mozilla Public License, which makes it
incompatible with the <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL</a>. This means
a module covered by the GPL and a module covered by the CDDL cannot legally
be linked together. We urge you not to use the CDDL for this reason.</p>
+
<p>Also unfortunate in the CDDL is its use of the term “<a
href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">intellectual
property</a>”.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="CPAL" href="http://opensource.org/licenses/cpal_1.0";>Common
- Public Attribution License 1.0 (CPAL)</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="CPAL" href="http://opensource.org/licenses/cpal_1.0";>
+ Common Public Attribution License 1.0 (CPAL)</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id"> (<a href="#CPAL">#CPAL</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license. It is based on the <a
+href="#MPL">Mozilla Public License</a>, and is incompatible with the GPL
+for the same reasons: it has several requirements for modified versions
+that do not exist in the GPL. It also requires you to publish the
+source of the program if you allow others to use it.</p></dd>
-<dd><p>This is a free software license. It is based on
- the <a href="#MPL">Mozilla Public License</a>, and is incompatible
- with the GPL for the same reasons: it has several requirements for
- modified versions that do not exist in the GPL. It also requires
- you to publish the source of the program if you allow others to
- use it.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="CommonPublicLicense10"
href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html";>
- Common Public License Version 1.0</a></dt>
+ Common Public License Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#CommonPublicLicense10">#CommonPublicLicense10</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license. Unfortunately, its weak copyleft
- and choice of law clause make it incompatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
+and choice of law clause make it incompatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a id="Condor"
+ href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/condor-public-license.html#condor";>
+ Condor Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Condor">#Condor</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>Recent versions of Condor (from 6.9.5 on) are released under the <a
+href="#Apache2">Apache License 2.0</a>. Only older versions of Condor
+use this license.</p>
-<dt><a id="Condor"
href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/condor-public-license.html#condor";>
- Condor Public License</a></dt>
-<dd>
-<p>Recent versions of Condor (from 6.9.5 on) are released under the
- <a href="#Apache2">Apache License 2.0</a>. Only older versions of
- Condor use this license.</p>
<p>The Condor Public License is a free software license. It has a
couple of requirements that make it incompatible with the GNU GPL,
including strong restrictions on the use of Condor-related names, and
-a condition that you must comply with United States export laws.</p>
-</dd>
+a condition that you must comply with United States export laws.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="EPL" href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html";>
- Eclipse Public License Version 1.0</a></dt>
+ Eclipse Public License Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#EPL">#EPL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The Eclipse Public License is similar to the <a
href="#CommonPublicLicense10">Common Public License</a>, and our
@@ -810,10 +963,12 @@
infringement suits specifically against Contributors to the EPL'd
program.</p></dd>
-<dt><a href="http://www.osor.eu/eupl"; id="EUPL">European Union
-Public License (EUPL) version 1.1</a></dt>
-<dd><p>This is a free software license. By itself, it has a copyleft
+<dt><a id="EUPL" href="http://www.osor.eu/eupl";>
+ European Union Public License (EUPL) version 1.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#EUPL">#EUPL</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license. By itself, it has a copyleft
comparable to the GPL's, and incompatible with it. However, it gives
recipients ways to relicense the work under the terms of other
selected licenses, and some of those—the <a href="#EPL">Eclipse
@@ -832,14 +987,15 @@
code which you can license under the CeCILL v2, or find a
suitable module already available that way, and add it to the
program. Adding that code to the EUPL-covered program provides
-grounds relicense it to the CeCILL v2. Then your need to write a
+grounds to relicense it to the CeCILL v2. Then you need to write a
piece of code which you can license under the GPLv3+, or find a
suitable module already available that way, and add it to the program.
Adding that code to the CeCILL-covered program provides grounds to
relicense it to GPLv3+.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="IBMPL" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ibmpl.php";>
- IBM Public License, Version 1.0</a></dt>
+ IBM Public License, Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#IBMPL">#IBMPL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license. Unfortunately, it has a choice of law
clause which makes it incompatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
@@ -847,7 +1003,9 @@
<dt><a id="josl"
href="http://code.google.com/p/jabber-net/source/browse/branches/RELEASE_1_0/LICENSE.txt";>
- Jabber Open Source License, Version 1.0</a></dt>
+ Jabber Open Source License, Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#josl">#josl</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The license is a free software license, incompatible with the GPL.
It permits relicensing under a certain class of licenses, those which
@@ -857,7 +1015,9 @@
<dt><a id="LPPL-1.3a" href="http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3a.txt";>
- LaTeX Project Public License 1.3a</a></dt>
+ LaTeX Project Public License 1.3a</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#LPPL-1.3a">#LPPL-1.3a</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>We have not written a full analysis of this license, but it is a free
software license, with less stringent requirements on distribution than
@@ -867,17 +1027,21 @@
<dt><a id="LPPL-1.2" href="http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-2.txt";>
- LaTeX Project Public License 1.2</a></dt>
+ LaTeX Project Public License 1.2</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#LPPL-1.2">#LPPL-1.2</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license is an incomplete statement of the distribution terms
for LaTeX. As far as it goes, it is a free software license, but
incompatible with the <a
href="/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a> because it has
many requirements that are not in the GPL.</p>
+
<p>This license contains complex and annoying restrictions on how to
publish a modified version, including one requirement that falls just
barely on the good side of the line of what is acceptable: that any
modified file must have a new name.</p>
+
<p>The reason this requirement is acceptable for LaTeX is that TeX has
a facility to allow you to map file names, to specify “use file
bar when file foo is requested”. With this facility, the
@@ -898,42 +1062,53 @@
additional restrictions, which could render them non-free. For this
reason, it may take some careful checking to produce a version of
LaTeX that is free software.</p>
+
<p>The LPPL makes the controversial claim that simply having files on a
machine where a few other people could log in and access them in
itself constitutes distribution. We believe courts would not uphold
this claim, but it is not good for people to start making the claim.</p>
+
<p>Please do not use this license for any other project.</p>
-<p>Note: These comments are for version 1.2 (3 Sep 1999) of the LPPL.</p>
-</dd>
+
+<p>Note: These comments are for version 1.2 (3 Sep 1999) of the LPPL.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="lucent102" href="http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/license.html";>
- Lucent Public License Version 1.02 (Plan 9 license)</a></dt>
+ Lucent Public License Version 1.02 (Plan 9 license)</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#lucent102">#lucent102</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, but it is incompatible with the GNU GPL
because of its choice of law clause. We recommend that you not use this
license for new software that you write, but it is ok to use and improve
-Plan 9 under this license.
-</p></dd>
+Plan 9 under this license.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="ms-pl"
href="http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/licenses.mspx#Ms-PL";>Microsoft Public
License (Ms-PL)</a></dt>
-<dd><p>This is a free software license; it has a copyleft that is not
- strong, but incompatible with the GNU GPL. We urge you not to use
- the Ms-PL for this reason.</p></dd>
-
+<dt><a id="ms-pl"
+ href="http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/licenses.mspx#Ms-PL";>
+ Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ms-pl">#ms-pl</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license; it has a copyleft that is not
+strong, but incompatible with the GNU GPL. We urge you not to use
+the Ms-PL for this reason.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="ms-rl"
href="http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/licenses.mspx#Ms-RL";>Microsoft
Reciprocal License (Ms-RL)</a></dt>
-<dd><p>This is a free software license. It's based on
- the <a href="#ms-pl">Microsoft Public License</a>, and has an
- additional clause to make the copyleft just a little bit stronger.
- It's also incompatible with the GNU GPL, and we urge you not to
- use the Ms-RL for this reason.</p></dd>
+<dt><a id="ms-rl"
+ href="http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/licenses.mspx#Ms-RL";>
+ Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL)</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ms-rl">#ms-rl</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This is a free software license. It's based on the <a
+href="#ms-pl">Microsoft Public License</a>, and has an additional clause
+to make the copyleft just a little bit stronger. It's also incompatible
+with the GNU GPL, and we urge you not to use the Ms-RL for this
+reason.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="MPL" href="http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html";>
- Mozilla Public License (MPL)</a></dt>
+ Mozilla Public License (MPL)</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#MPL">#MPL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft;
unlike the <a href="#X11License">X11 license</a>, it has some complex
@@ -941,6 +1116,7 @@
href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL</a>. That is, a
module covered by the GPL and a module covered by the MPL cannot legally
be linked together. We urge you not to use the MPL for this reason.</p>
+
<p>However, MPL 1.1 has a provision (section 13) that allows a program
(or parts of it) to offer a choice of another license as well. If part
of a program allows the GNU GPL as an alternate choice, or any other
@@ -949,7 +1125,8 @@
<dt><a id="NOSL" href="http://bits.netizen.com.au/licenses/NOSL/nosl.txt";>
- Netizen Open Source License (NOSL), Version 1.0</a></dt>
+ Netizen Open Source License (NOSL), Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#NOSL">#NOSL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license that is essentially the same as the
Mozilla Public License, Version 1.1. Like the MPL, the NOSL has some
@@ -960,7 +1137,8 @@
<dt><a id="NPL" href="http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/NPL-1.1.html";>
- Netscape Public License (NPL)</a>, versions 1.0 and 1.1</dt>
+ Netscape Public License (NPL)</a>, versions 1.0 and 1.1
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#NPL">#NPL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, not a strong copyleft, and
incompatible with the GNU GPL. It consists of the Mozilla Public
@@ -971,27 +1149,32 @@
<dt><a id="Nokia" href="http://opensource.org/licenses/nokia.html";>
- Nokia Open Source License</a></dt>
+ Nokia Open Source License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Nokia">#Nokia</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is similar to the Mozilla Public License: a free
software license incompatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt id="oldOpenLDAP">Old OpenLDAP License, Version 2.3</dt>
+<dt><a id="oldOpenLDAP">
+ Old OpenLDAP License, Version 2.3</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#oldOpenLDAP">#oldOpenLDAP</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
-<p>
-This is a permissive non-copyleft free software license with a few
+<p>This is a permissive non-copyleft free software license with a few
requirements (in sections 4 and 5) that render it incompatible with
the GNU GPL. Note that the latest version of OpenLDAP has
a <a href="#newOpenLDAP">different license</a> that is compatible with
the GNU GPL.</p>
+
<p>We urge you not to use the older OpenLDAP license for software you
write. However, there is no reason to avoid running programs that have
been released under this license.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="OSL" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php";>
- Open Software License, all versions through 3.0</a></dt>
+ Open Software License, all versions through 3.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#OSL">#OSL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The Open Software License is a free software license. It is
incompatible with the GNU GPL in several ways.</p>
@@ -1009,25 +1192,29 @@
<p>We urge you not to use the Open Software License for software you
write. However, there is no reason to avoid running programs that
-have been released under this license.</p>
-</dd>
+have been released under this license.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="OpenSSL" href="http://www.sdisw.com/openssl.htm";>
- OpenSSL license</a></dt>
+ OpenSSL license</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#OpenSSL">#OpenSSL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The license of OpenSSL is a conjunction of two licenses, one of them
being the license of SSLeay. You must follow both. The combination
results in a copyleft free software license that is incompatible with
the GNU GPL. It also has an advertising clause like the original BSD
license and the Apache license.</p>
+
<p>We recommend using GNUTLS instead of OpenSSL in software you write.
However, there is no reason not to use OpenSSL and applications that
work with OpenSSL.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="Phorum" href="http://phorum.org/license.txt";>
- Phorum License, Version 2.0</a></dt>
+ Phorum License, Version 2.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Phorum">#Phorum</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license but it is incompatible with the <a
href="/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>. Section 5 makes
@@ -1035,19 +1222,24 @@
<dt><a id="PHP-3.01" href="http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt";>
- PHP License, Version 3.01</a></dt>
+ PHP License, Version 3.01</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#PHP-3.01">#PHP-3.01</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license is used by most of PHP4. It is a non-copyleft free
software license. It is incompatible with the GNU GPL because it
includes strong restrictions on the use of “PHP” in the
name of derived products.</p>
+
<p>We recommend that you not use this license for anything except PHP
add-ons.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="PythonOld"
href="http://www.handle.net/python_licenses/python1.6_9-5-00.html";>
- License of Python 1.6b1 through 2.0 and 2.1</a></dt>
+ License of Python 1.6b1 through 2.0 and 2.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#PythonOld">#PythonOld</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license but is incompatible with the GNU GPL.
The primary incompatibility is that this Python license is governed by the
@@ -1056,22 +1248,23 @@
<dt><a id="QPL" href="http://doc.trolltech.com/3.0/license.html";>
- Q Public License (QPL), Version 1.0</a></dt>
+ Q Public License (QPL), Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#QPL">#QPL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a non-copyleft free software license which is incompatible with
the GNU GPL. It also causes major practical inconvenience, because modified
sources can only be distributed as patches.</p>
-<p>
-We recommend that you avoid using the QPL for anything that you write,
+
+<p>We recommend that you avoid using the QPL for anything that you write,
and use QPL-covered software packages only when absolutely necessary.
However, this avoidance no longer applies to Qt itself, since Qt is
now also released under the GNU GPL.</p>
-<p>
-Since the QPL is incompatible with the GNU GPL, you cannot take a
+
+<p>Since the QPL is incompatible with the GNU GPL, you cannot take a
GPL-covered program and QPL-covered program and link them together, no
matter how.</p>
-<p>
-However, if you have written a program that uses QPL-covered library
+
+<p>However, if you have written a program that uses QPL-covered library
(called FOO), and you want to release your program under the GNU GPL,
you can easily do that. You can resolve the conflict <em>for your
program</em> by adding a notice like this to it:</p>
@@ -1081,15 +1274,16 @@
follow the requirements of the GNU GPL in regard to all of the
software in the executable aside from FOO.
</pre>
-<p>
-You can do this, legally, if you are the copyright holder for the
+
+<p>You can do this, legally, if you are the copyright holder for the
program. Add it in the source files, after the notice that says
-the program is covered by the GNU GPL.</p>
-</dd>
+the program is covered by the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="RPSL"
href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/real.php";>RealNetworks
-Public Source License (RPSL), Version 1.0</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="RPSL"
+ href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/real.php";>
+ RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL), Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#RPSL">#RPSL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The RPSL is a free software license that is GPL-incompatible for a
number of reasons: it requires that derivative works be licensed under the
@@ -1097,23 +1291,31 @@
Washington.</p> </dd>
-<dt><a id="SISSL"
href="http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sissl_license.html";>Sun Industry
Standards Source License 1.0</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="SISSL"
+ href="http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sissl_license.html";>
+ Sun Industry Standards Source License 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#SISSL">#SISSL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license, not a strong copyleft, which is
incompatible with the GNU GPL because of details rather than any
major policy.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="SPL" href="http://java.sun.com/spl.html";>Sun Public License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="SPL" href="http://java.sun.com/spl.html";>
+ Sun Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#SPL">#SPL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is essentially the same as the Mozilla Public License: a free
software license incompatible with the GNU GPL. Please do not confuse
this with the <a href="#SunCommunitySourceLicense">Sun Community Source
-License</a> which is not a free software license.</p></dd>
+License</a>, which is not a free software license.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="xinetd"
- href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Xinetd_License";>License
of xinetd</a></dt>
+ href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Xinetd_License";>
+ License of xinetd</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#xinetd">#xinetd</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a copyleft free software license, incompatible with the GPL.
It is incompatible because it places extra restrictions on
@@ -1121,53 +1323,71 @@
requirements in the GPL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="Yahoo"
href="http://www.zimbra.com/license/yahoo_public_license_1.1.html";>Yahoo!
Public License 1.1</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="Yahoo"
+ href="http://www.zimbra.com/license/yahoo_public_license_1.1.html";>
+ Yahoo! Public License 1.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Yahoo">#Yahoo</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free software license. It has a copyleft similar to the
one found in the Mozilla Public License. It also has a choice of law
-clause in section 7. These features both make the license
+clause in section 7. These features both make the license
GPL-incompatible. The license also unfortunately uses the term
“<a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">intellectual
-property</a>”.</p>
-</dd>
+property</a>”.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="Zend" href="http://www.zend.com/license/2_00.txt";>Zend License,
Version 2.0</a></dt>
+
+<dt><a id="Zend" href="http://www.zend.com/license/2_00.txt";>
+ Zend License, Version 2.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Zend">#Zend</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license is used by one part of PHP4. It is a non-copyleft free
software license which is incompatible with the GNU GPL, and has <a
href="/philosophy/bsd.html">practical problems</a>
like those of the original BSD license.</p>
-<p>We recommend that you not use this license for anything you write.</p>
-</dd>
-<dt><a id="Zimbra"
href="http://www.zimbra.com/license/zimbra-public-license-1-3.html";>Zimbra
Public License 1.3</a></dt>
+<p>We recommend that you not use this license for anything you write.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a id="Zimbra"
+ href="http://www.zimbra.com/license/zimbra-public-license-1-3.html";>
+ Zimbra Public License 1.3</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Zimbra">#Zimbra</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license is identical to the <a href="#Yahoo">Yahoo! Public
License 1.1</a>, except that the license is provided by VMWare instead
of Yahoo!. Our comments there apply here as well; this is a
-GPL-incompatible, partial copyleft free software license.</p>
-</dd>
+GPL-incompatible, partial copyleft free software license.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="Zope" href="http://www.zope.org/Resources/ZPL";>Zope Public License
version 1</a></dt>
+
+<dt><a id="Zope"
+ href="http://www.zope.org/Resources/ZPL";>
+ Zope Public License version 1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Zope">#Zope</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a simple, fairly permissive non-copyleft free software
license with <a href="/philosophy/bsd.html">practical
problems</a> like those of the original BSD license, including
incompatibility with the <a
href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL</a>.</p>
+
<p>We urge you not to use the ZPL version 1 for software you write.
However, there is no reason to avoid running programs that have been
released under this license, such as previous versions of Zope.</p>
<p><a href="#Zope20">Version 2.0 of the Zope Public License</a> is
GPL-compatible.</p></dd>
-
</dl>
-<hr />
-
-<h3><a id="NonFreeSoftwareLicense">Non-Free Software Licenses</a></h3>
+<hr /> <!-- first id is singular, leave for compatibility: -->
+<h3><a id="NonFreeSoftwareLicense"></a>
+ <a id="NonFreeSoftwareLicenses">
+ Non-Free Software Licenses</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#NonFreeSoftwareLicenses">#NonFreeSoftwareLicenses</a>)</span>
+</h3>
<p><strong>The following licenses <em>do not qualify</em> as <a
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>
@@ -1191,9 +1411,11 @@
reason, we have avoided naming the programs for which a license is used,
unless we think that for specific reasons it won't backfire.</p>
-<dl>
-<dt id="Aladdin">Aladdin Free Public License</dt>
+<dl>
+<dt><a id="Aladdin">Aladdin Free Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Aladdin">#Aladdin</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Despite its name, this is not a free software license because it
does not allow charging for distribution, and largely prohibits simply
@@ -1201,8 +1423,10 @@
is made.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="apsl1"
href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Apple_Public_Source_License_1.2";>
- Apple Public Source License (APSL), version 1.x</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="apsl1" href=
+ "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Apple_Public_Source_License_1.2";>
+ Apple Public Source License (APSL), version 1.x</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#apsl1">#apsl1</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 are <a
href="/philosophy/historical-apsl.html">not free
@@ -1212,19 +1436,23 @@
is a free software license.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="ArtisticLicense">Artistic License 1.0</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="ArtisticLicense">Artistic License 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#ArtisticLicense">#ArtisticLicense</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>We cannot say that this is a free software license because it is too
vague; some passages are too clever for their own good, and their meaning is
not clear. We urge you to avoid using it, except as part of
-<a href="#PerlLicense">the disjunctive license of Perl</a>.</p>
-</dd>
+<a href="#PerlLicense">the disjunctive license of Perl</a>.</p></dd>
-<dt id="ATTPublicLicense">AT&T Public License</dt>
+<dt><a id="ATTPublicLicense">AT&T Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#ATTPublicLicense">#ATTPublicLicense</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The AT&T Public License is a non-free license. It has several
serious problems:</p>
+
<ol>
<li>The patent license is voided by any modification, no matter how
small, of the pertinent code.</li>
@@ -1239,8 +1467,8 @@
<li>Some versions of the license say you cannot sell a copy of the
software for more than the expense of distribution.</li>
</ol>
-<p>
-The license has two other obnoxious features:</p>
+
+<p>The license has two other obnoxious features:</p>
<ol>
<li>It has a very broad reverse license to AT&T, which goes far beyond
the use of your code, even your code modified.</li>
@@ -1249,38 +1477,45 @@
license says it gives permission to make such a link. (Anyway, people
shouldn't make links to sites about non-free software.) But such
a claim should not be made or propagated.</li>
-</ol>
-<p></p></dd>
+</ol><p></p></dd>
-<dt id="eCos11">eCos Public License, version 1.1</dt>
+<dt><a id="eCos11">eCos Public License, version 1.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#eCos11">#eCos11</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This was the old license of eCos. It is not a free software
license, because it requires sending every published modified version
to a specific initial developer. There are also some other words in
this license whose meaning we're not sure of that might also be
problematic.</p>
+
<p>Today <a href="#eCos20">eCos is available</a> under the GNU GPL with
-additional permission for linking with non-free programs.</p>
-</dd>
+additional permission for linking with non-free programs.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="GPL-PA"
href="http://www.celepar.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=69";>
- GPL for Computer Programs of the Public Administration</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="GPL-PA"
+ href="http://www.celepar.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=69";>
+ GPL for Computer Programs of the Public Administration</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#GPL-PA">#GPL-PA</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The GPL-PA (whose original name in Portuguese is
“Licença Pública Geral para
Administração Pública”) is non-free for
several reasons:</p>
+
<ul>
<li>It permits use only in “normal circumstances”.</li>
<li>It does not allow distribution of source code without binaries.</li>
<li>Its permissions lapse after 50 years.</li>
-</ul>
-</dd>
+</ul><p></p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="HESSLA" href="http://www.hacktivismo.com/about/hessla.php";>
- Hacktivismo Enhanced-Source Software License Agreement</a> (HESSLA)</dt>
+ Hacktivismo Enhanced-Source Software License Agreement</a> (HESSLA)
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#HESSLA">#HESSLA</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is not a free software license, because it <a
href="/licenses/hessla.html">restricts what jobs
@@ -1289,66 +1524,78 @@
<dt><a id="Jahia" href="http://www.jahia.org/jahia/Jahia/pid/145";>
- Jahia Community Source License</a></dt>
+ Jahia Community Source License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Jahia">#Jahia</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The Jahia Community Source License is not a free software license. Use
of the source code is limited to research purposes.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="JSON" href="http://www.json.org/license.html";>The JSON
- License</a></dt>
+
+<dt><a id="JSON" href="http://www.json.org/license.html";>
+ The JSON License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#JSON">#JSON</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is the license of the original implementation of the JSON data
interchange format. This license uses the Expat license as a base,
but adds a clause mandating: “The Software shall be used for Good, not
Evil.” This is a restriction on usage and thus conflicts with freedom
0. The restriction might be unenforcible, but we cannot presume that.
-Thus, the license is nonfree.</p>
-</dd>
+Thus, the license is nonfree.</p></dd>
-<dt id="ksh93">Old license of ksh93</dt>
-<dd>
+<dt><a id="ksh93">Old license of ksh93</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ksh93">#ksh93</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
<p>ksh93 used to be shipped with an original license that was not a free
software license. One reason for this is that it required that all changes
be sent to the developer.</p>
<p>ksh93 is now released under the <a href="#CommonPublicLicense10">Common
-Public License</a>.</p>
-</dd>
+Public License</a>.</p></dd>
-<dt id="Lha"><a
href="http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/non-free/l/lha/current/copyright";>
- License of Lha</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="Lha" href=
+ "http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/non-free/l/lha/current/copyright";>
+ License of Lha</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Lha">#Lha</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The lha license must be considered non-free because it is so vague that
you cannot be sure what permissions you have.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="Ms-SS"
-
href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Microsoft_Shared_Source_License";>
- Microsoft's Shared Source CLI, C#, and Jscript License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="Ms-SS" href=
+ "http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Microsoft_Shared_Source_License";>
+ Microsoft's Shared Source CLI, C#, and Jscript License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Ms-SS">#Ms-SS</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license does not permit commercial distribution, and only allows
commercial use under certain circumstances.</p>
+
<p>Microsoft has other licenses which it describes as “Shared
Source”, some of which have different restrictions.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="NASA" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/nasa1.3";>
- NASA Open Source Agreement</a></dt>
+ NASA Open Source Agreement</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#NASA">#NASA</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The NASA Open Source Agreement, version 1.3, is not a free software
license because it includes a provision requiring changes to be your
“original creation”. Free software development depends on
combining code from third parties, and the NASA license doesn't permit
this.</p>
+
<p>We urge you not to use this license. In addition, if you are a
United States citizen, please write to NASA and call for the use of a
truly free software license.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="OPL" title="Open Public License at Fedora Project wiki"
href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Open_Public_License";>
- Open Public License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="OPL"></a> <!-- old id, leave for compatibility -->
+ <a id="OpenPublicL" title="Open Public License at Fedora Project wiki"
+ href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Open_Public_License";>
+ Open Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#OpenPublicL">#OpenPublicL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is not a free software license, because it requires sending
every published modified version to a specific initial developer.
@@ -1356,7 +1603,8 @@
not sure of that might also be problematic.</p></dd>
-<dt id="PINE">License of PINE</dt>
+<dt><a id="PINE">License of PINE</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#PINE">#PINE</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The license of PINE is not a free software license because it mostly
prohibits the distribution of modified versions. It also restricts the
@@ -1365,11 +1613,11 @@
copies</a>.</p>
<p>Please note that a successor to Pine, Alpine, is released under the <a
-href="#apache2">Apache License, version 2.0</a>.</p>
-</dd>
+href="#apache2">Apache License, version 2.0</a>.</p></dd>
-<dt id="Plan9">Old Plan 9 license</dt>
+<dt><a id="Plan9">Old Plan 9 license</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Plan9">#Plan9</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is not a free software license; it lacks essential freedoms such
as the right to make and use private changes. Of course you should not
@@ -1377,6 +1625,7 @@
released under it. <a
href="/philosophy/plan-nine.html">A detailed
discussion of this license is also available</a>.</p>
+
<p>In September 2002 it was observed that the published license for
Plan 9 had been modified, adding more restrictions to it, although
its date still said 09/20/00. However, a <a href="#lucent102">further
@@ -1384,7 +1633,8 @@
<dt><a id="RPL" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/rpl.php";>
- Reciprocal Public License</a></dt>
+ Reciprocal Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#RPL">#RPL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The Reciprocal Public License is a non-free license because of three
problems. 1. It puts limits on prices charged for an initial copy.
@@ -1393,76 +1643,89 @@
any modified version that an organization uses, even privately.</p></dd>
-<dt id="Scilab">Scilab license</dt>
+<dt><a id="Scilab">Scilab license</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Scilab">#Scilab</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is not a free software license because it does not allow
commercial distribution of a modified version. Thankfully, recent
versions of the Scilab software are free software, released under
-CeCILL version 2.</p></dd>
+CeCILL version 2.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="SML" href="http://www.simplemachines.org/about/license.php";>
- Simple Machines License</a></dt>
-
+ Simple Machines License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#SML">#SML</a>)</span></dt>
<dd><p>Despite the name, this is a software license, and it's non-free
- for several reasons:</p>
-
+for several reasons:</p>
<ul><li>You must get the licensor's permission before distributing the
- software.</li>
-
+software.</li>
<li>You <a href="/philosophy/selling.html">cannot sell copies of the
- software</a>.</li>
-
+software</a>.</li>
<li>It's possible that your license can be terminated if you received
- the software from someone who did not obey the license's
- terms.</li></ul></dd>
+the software from someone who did not obey the license's terms.</li>
+</ul><p></p></dd>
+
-<dt id="Squeak">Old Squeak license</dt>
+<dt><a id="Squeak">Old Squeak license</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Squeak">#Squeak</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The original Squeak license, as applied to software, is not a free
software license because it requires all users in whatever country to
obey US export control laws. As applied to fonts, it also does not
permit modification.</p>
+
<p>In addition, it has a requirement for users to indemnify the
developer, which is enough to make many users think twice about using it
at all.</p>
+
<p>Recent versions of Squeak (from 4.0 on) are released under an
<a href="#Expat">Expat-style License</a> with some portions of the code
-under the <a href="#apache2">Apache License 2.0</a>.</p>
-</dd>
+under the <a href="#apache2">Apache License 2.0</a>.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="SunCommunitySourceLicense">
- Sun Community Source License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="SunCommunitySourceLicense">Sun Community Source License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#SunCommunitySourceLicense">#SunCommunitySourceLicense</a>)
+ </span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is not a free software license; it lacks essential freedoms such
as publication of modified versions. Please don't use this license, and
we urge you to avoid any software that has been released under
it.</p></dd>
-
-<dt id="SunSolarisSourceCode">Sun Solaris Source Code (Foundation Release)
License, Version 1.1</dt>
+<dt><a id="SunSolarisSourceCode">
+ Sun Solaris Source Code (Foundation Release) License, Version 1.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#SunSolarisSourceCode">#SunSolarisSourceCode</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is not a free software license. The license prohibits
redistribution, prohibits commercial use of the software, and can be
revoked.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="SystemC-3.0" href="http://www.systemc.org/about/org_docs/license/";>
-SystemC "Open Source" License, Version 3.0</a></dt>
-<dd>
-<p>This license requires all recipients to proactively help the
- licensor enforce its trademarks. This is an unreasonable condition
- to place on users' rights, so the license is non-free. It also has
- other practical problems: some of the requirements are vague, and it
- uses the
- term <a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml">“intellectual
- property”</a>.</p>
+ SystemC "Open Source" License, Version 3.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#SystemC-3.0">#SystemC-3.0</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This license requires all recipients to proactively help the licensor
+enforce its trademarks. This is an unreasonable condition to place on
+users' rights, so the license is non-free. It also has other practical
+problems: some of the requirements are vague, and it uses the term <a
+href="/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml">“intellectual
+property”</a>.</p>
+
<p>Despite the name, this license has not been approved as an open
- source license as of this writing.</p>
-</dd>
+source license as of this writing.</p></dd>
+
-<dt><a id="UtahPublicLicense"
href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/~gk/teem/txt/LICENSE.txt";>
- University of Utah Public License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="UtahPublicLicense"
+ href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/~gk/teem/txt/LICENSE.txt";>
+ University of Utah Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#UtahPublicLicense">#UtahPublicLicense</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The University of Utah Public License is a non-free license because
it does not allow commercial redistribution. It also purports to
@@ -1470,49 +1733,58 @@
consultation about it. Those restrictions are probably not legally
enforceable under US copyright law, but they might be in some countries;
even asserting them is outrageous.</p>
+
<p>The use of this license by the University of Utah exemplifies a <a
href="http://www.colorado.edu/Sociology/gimenez/papers/keptu.html";>dangerous
trend for universities to restrict knowledge</a> rather than
contributing it to the public.</p>
+
<p>If a university tries to impose a license like this on the software
you are writing, don't give up hope. <a
href="/philosophy/university.html">With persistence
and firmness, and some forethought, it is possible to prevail over
money-grabbing university administrators.</a></p>
+
<p>The earlier you raise the issue, the better.</p></dd>
-<dt id="YaST">YaST License</dt>
+<dt><a id="YaST">
+ YaST License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#YaST">#YaST</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is not a free software license. The license prohibits
distribution for a fee, and that makes it impossible for the software to
be included in the many CD-ROM free software collections that are sold
by companies and by organizations such as the FSF.</p>
+
<p>There may be another problem in section 2a, but a word seems to be
missing there, so it is hard to be sure what meaning is really
intended.</p>
-<p>(The YaST software itself no longer uses this non-free YaST license;
-happily, it is now free software, released under the GNU GPL.)</p>
-</dd>
+<p>(The YaST software itself no longer uses this non-free YaST license;
+happily, it is now free software, released under the GNU GPL.)</p></dd>
</dl>
-<hr />
-
+<hr />
<h2><a id="DocumentationLicenses">Licenses For Documentation</a></h2>
-<h3><a id="FreeDocumentationLicenses">Free Documentation Licenses</a></h3>
+<h3><a id="FreeDocumentationLicenses">Free Documentation Licenses</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#FreeDocumentationLicenses">#FreeDocumentationLicenses</a>)
+ </span>
+</h3>
<p><strong>The following licenses qualify as <a
href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">free
documentation</a> licenses.</strong></p>
-<dl>
+<dl>
<dt><a id="FDL" href="/licenses/fdl.html">
- GNU Free Documentation License</a></dt>
+ GNU Free Documentation License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#FDL">#FDL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a license intended for use on copylefted free documentation.
We plan to adopt it for all GNU manuals. It is also suitable for other
@@ -1523,7 +1795,8 @@
<dt><a id="ACDL"
href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Common_Documentation_License";>
- Apple's Common Documentation License, Version 1.0</a></dt>
+ Apple's Common Documentation License, Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ACDL">#ACDL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a Free Documentation license that is incompatible with the
GNU FDL. It is incompatible because Section (2c) says “You
@@ -1532,16 +1805,21 @@
Documentation License.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="FreeBSDDL"
href="http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html";>
- FreeBSD Documentation License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="FreeBSDDL"
+ href="http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html";>
+ FreeBSD Documentation License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#FreeBSDDL">#FreeBSDDL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a permissive non-copyleft free documentation license that is
-compatible with the GNU FDL.
-</p></dd>
+compatible with the GNU FDL.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="RealOPL" href="http://opencontent.org/openpub/";>
- Open Publication License, Version 1.0</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="RealOPL"></a> <!-- old id, leave for compatibility -->
+ <a id="OpenPublicationL" href="http://opencontent.org/openpub/";>
+ Open Publication License, Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#OpenPublicationL">#OpenPublicationL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license <strong>can</strong> be used as a free documentation
license. It is a copyleft free documentation license
@@ -1549,48 +1827,52 @@
the “LICENSE OPTIONS” listed in Section VI of the license.
But if either of the options is invoked, the license becomes
non-free. In any case, it is incompatible with the GNU FDL.</p>
-<p>
-This creates a practical pitfall in using or recommending this
+
+<p>This creates a practical pitfall in using or recommending this
license: if you recommend “Use the Open Publication License, Version
1.0 but don't enable the options”, it would be easy for the second
half of that recommendation to get forgotten; someone might use the
license with the options, making a manual non-free, and yet think he
or she is following your advice.</p>
-<p>
-Likewise, if you use this license without either of the options to
+
+<p>Likewise, if you use this license without either of the options to
make your manual free, someone else might decide to imitate you, then
change his or her mind about the options thinking that that is just a
detail; the result would be that his or her manual is non-free.</p>
-<p>
-Thus, while manuals published under this license do qualify as free
+
+<p>Thus, while manuals published under this license do qualify as free
documentation if neither license option was used, it is better to use the
GNU Free Documentation License and avoid the risk of leading someone else
astray.</p>
-<p>
-Please note that this license is not the same as the <a
+
+<p>Please note that this license is not the same as the <a
href="#OCL">Open Content License</a>. These two licenses are frequently
confused, as the Open Content License is often referred to as the
“OPL”. For clarity, it is better not to use the
abbreviation “OPL” for either license. It is worth spelling
-their names in full to make sure people understand what you say.</p>
-</dd>
+their names in full to make sure people understand what you say.</p></dd>
</dl>
<hr />
-
-
-<h3><a id="NonFreeDocumentationLicenses">Non-Free Documentation Licenses</a>
+<h3><a id="NonFreeDocumentationLicenses">
+ Non-Free Documentation Licenses</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#NonFreeDocumentationLicenses">#NonFreeDocumentationLicenses</a>)
+ </span>
</h3>
<p><strong>The following licenses <em>do not qualify</em>
as free documentation licenses:</strong></p>
-<dl>
-<dt><a id="OCL" href="http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml";>
- Open Content License, Version 1.0</a></dt>
+<dl>
+<dt><a id="OCL"></a> <!-- brief id, leave for compatibility -->
+ <a id="OpenContentL" href="http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml";>
+ Open Content License, Version 1.0</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#OpenContentL">#OpenContentL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This license does not qualify as free, because there are restrictions on
charging money for copies. We recommend you do not use this license.</p>
@@ -1604,26 +1886,31 @@
<dt><a id="OpenDirectory" href="http://dmoz.org/license.html";>
- Open Directory License (aka dmoz.org License)</a></dt>
+ Open Directory License (aka dmoz.org License)</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#OpenDirectory">#OpenDirectory</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is not a free documentation license. The primary problems are that
your right to redistribute any given version is not permanent and that it
requires the user to keep checking back at that site, which is too
-restrictive of the user's freedom.</p>
-</dd>
+restrictive of the user's freedom.</p></dd>
+
</dl>
<hr />
+<h2><a id="OtherLicenses">
+ Licenses for Works of Practical Use Besides Software and Documentation</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#OtherLicenses">#OtherLicenses</a>)</span>
+</h2>
-<h2><a id="OtherLicenses">Licenses for Works of Practical Use Besides
- Software and Documentation</a></h2>
-
<dl>
-
-<dt><a href="/licenses/gpl.html">
- GNU General Public License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="GPLOther" href="/licenses/gpl.html">
+ GNU General Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#GPLOther">#GPLOther</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The GNU GPL <strong>can</strong> be used for general data which is
not software, as long as one can determine what the definition of
@@ -1633,8 +1920,10 @@
that the GPL uses.</p></dd>
-<dt><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">
- GNU Free Documentation License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="FDLOther" href="/licenses/fdl.html">
+ GNU Free Documentation License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#FDLOther">#FDLOther</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The GNU FDL is recommended for textbooks and teaching materials for
all topics. (“Documentation” simply means textbooks and
@@ -1644,14 +1933,18 @@
<dt><a id="ccby" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode";>
- Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license</a> (a.k.a. CC BY)</dt>
+ Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license</a>
+ (a.k.a. CC BY)
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ccby">#ccby</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a non-copyleft free license that is good for art and
entertainment works, and educational works. Please don't use it for
software or documentation, since it is incompatible with the GNU GPL
and with the GNU FDL.</p>
-<p id="which-cc">Creative Commons publishes many licenses which are
+<p id="which-cc">
+<span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#">#which-cc</a>)</span>
+Creative Commons publishes many licenses which are
very different. Therefore, to say that a work “uses a Creative
Commons license” is to leave the principal questions about the
work's licensing unanswered. When you see such a statement in a work,
@@ -1659,22 +1952,28 @@
visibly <em>which</em>of the Creative Commons license it uses. And if
someone proposes to “use a Creative Commons license” for a
certain work, it is vital to ask “Which Creative Commons
-license?” before proceeding any further.</p>
-</dd>
+license?” before proceeding any further.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="ccbysa"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode";>
- Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.0 license</a> (a.k.a.
CC BY-SA)</dt>
+
+<dt><a id="ccbysa"
+ href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode";>
+ Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.0 license</a>
+ (a.k.a. CC BY-SA)
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#ccbysa">#ccbysa</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a copyleft free license that is good for artistic and
entertainment works, and educational works. Please don't use it for
software or documentation, since it is incompatible with the GNU GPL
and with the GNU FDL.</p>
+
<p>Please <a href="#which-cc">be specific about which Creative
- Commons license is being used</a>.</p></dd>
+Commons license is being used</a>.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="dsl" href="/licenses/dsl.html">
- Design Science License (DSL)</a></dt>
+ Design Science License (DSL)</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#dsl">#dsl</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free and copyleft license meant for general data.
Please don't use it for software or documentation, since it is
@@ -1683,7 +1982,9 @@
<dt><a id="FreeArt" href="http://artlibre.org/licence/lalgb.html";>
- Free Art License</a></dt>
+ Free Art License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#FreeArt">#FreeArt</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a free and copyleft license meant for artistic works. It
permits commercial distribution, but any larger work including the
@@ -1693,7 +1994,10 @@
</dl>
-<h3><a id="Fonts">Licenses for Fonts</a></h3>
+
+<h3><a id="Fonts">Licenses for Fonts</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#Fonts">#Fonts</a>)</span>
+</h3>
<p>The licenses below apply to an instantation of a design in a computer
file, not the artistic design. As far as we know, an implementation of
@@ -1702,8 +2006,10 @@
<dl>
-<dt><a href="/licenses/gpl.html">
- GNU General Public License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="GPLFonts" href="/licenses/gpl.html">
+ GNU General Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#GPLFonts">#GPLFonts</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The GNU GPL <strong>can</strong> be used for fonts. However, note
that it does not permit embedding the font in a document unless that
@@ -1715,8 +2021,11 @@
essay about the GPL Font Exception</a>.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="Arphic"
href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/non-gnu/chinese-fonts-truetype/LICENSE";>
- Arphic Public License</a></dt>
+<dt><a id="Arphic"
+ href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/non-gnu/chinese-fonts-truetype/LICENSE";>
+ Arphic Public License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#Arphic">#Arphic</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>This is a copyleft free software license, incompatible with the
GPL. Its normal use is for fonts, and in that use, the
@@ -1724,7 +2033,9 @@
<dt><a id="SILOFL" href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL_web";>
- SIL Open Font License 1.1</a></dt>
+ SIL Open Font License 1.1</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#SILOFL">#SILOFL</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
<p>The Open Font License (including its original release, version 1.0)
is a free copyleft license for fonts. Its only unusual requirement is
@@ -1735,9 +2046,12 @@
</dl>
-<hr />
-<h2><a id="OpinionLicenses">Licenses for Works of Opinion and Judgment</a></h2>
+<hr />
+<h2><a id="OpinionLicenses">Licenses for Works of Opinion and Judgment</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#OpinionLicenses">#OpinionLicenses</a>)</span>
+</h2>
<p>Works that express someone's opinion—memoirs, editorials, and
so on—serve a fundamentally different purpose than works for
@@ -1753,75 +2067,70 @@
all. If you are looking for one to use yourself, however, there are
two that we recommend:</p>
+
<dl>
+<dt><a id="GNUVerbatim" href="/licenses/licenses.html#VerbatimCopying">
+ GNU Verbatim Copying License</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#GNUVerbatim">#GNUVerbatim</a>)</span></dt>
+
+<dd><p>This was the license used throughout the GNU web site for many
+years. It is very simple, and especially well-suited to written
+works.</p></dd>
-<dt><a id="GNUVerbatim"
- href="/licenses/licenses.html#VerbatimCopying">GNU Verbatim
- Copying License</a></dt>
-
-<dd><p>This is the license used throughout the GNU web site.
- It is very simple, and especially well-suited to written
- works.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="ccbynd"
- href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode";>Creative
- Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 license
- (a.k.a. CC BY-ND)</a></dt>
+ href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode";>
+ Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 license
+ (a.k.a. CC BY-ND)</a>
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+ (<a href="#ccbynd">#ccbynd</a>)</span></dt>
<dd><p>This is the license used throughout the FSF web site. This
- license provides much the same permissions as our verbatim copying
- license, but it's much more detailed. We particularly recommend
- it for audio and/or video works of opinion.
- Please <a href="#which-cc">be specific about which Creative
- Commons license is being used</a>.</p></dd>
+license provides much the same permissions as our verbatim copying
+license, but it's much more detailed. We particularly recommend
+it for audio and/or video works of opinion.
+Please <a href="#which-cc">be specific about which Creative
+Commons license is being used</a>.</p></dd>
</dl>
-<hr />
+<hr />
<strong><a href="/licenses/licenses.html">More about licenses.</a></strong>
-<hr />
-</div>
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
-
<div id="footer">
- <p>
- Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
- <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
- There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
- the FSF.
- <br />
- Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
- <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Please see the
- <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
- README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting
- translations of this article.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- <br />
- This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+
+<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF.<br />
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+<p>Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+
+<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+
+<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.
-</p>
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
- <p>
- Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->
- $Date: 2011/08/15 18:14:59 $
- <!-- timestamp end -->
- </p>
+<p>Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2011/09/17 18:10:26 $
+<!-- timestamp end -->
+</p>
</div>
<div id="translations">
- <h4>Translations of this page</h4>
+<h4>Translations of this page</h4>
<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical by language code.
Comment what the language is for each type, i.e. de is German.
@@ -1836,7 +2145,11 @@
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
If the 2-letter ISO 639-1 code is not available,
use the 3-letter ISO 639-2.
- Please use W3C normative character entities. -->
+ Please use W3C normative character entities.
+
+ See also '(web-trans)Capitalization':
+
http://gnu.org/software/trans-coord/manual/web-trans/html_node/Capitalization.html
+ -->
<ul class="translations-list">
<!-- Catalan -->
Index: server/tasks.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/trans-coord/trans-coord/gnun/server/tasks.html,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -b -r1.10 -r1.11
--- server/tasks.html 13 Jul 2011 18:10:19 -0000 1.10
+++ server/tasks.html 17 Sep 2011 18:10:26 -0000 1.11
@@ -33,37 +33,6 @@
even added to the webmasters team for this task and others.</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="scripting">Site Scripting</h3>
-
-<ul>
- <!-- Removed the link to manual-indexing.txt for the "email -->
- <!-- exchange" below. The file never existed in the /server -->
- <!-- directory. Anyone know where it is, so the link can be -->
- <!-- fixed? -->
- <li>Set up manual indexing using the system proposed by Miloslav Nic.
- See the email exchange for more details on what is to be done.</li>
- <li><a name="fun">in directory /fun/ include</a>
- <ul>
- <li>cgi-bin scripts that
- <ul>
- <li>conduct a dialog with GNU Emacs's doctor.el and
- convert it into HTML.</li>
- <li>get a zippyism from GNU Emacs's yow.el and
- convert it into HTML.</li>
- <li>feed
- zippyisms to GNU Emacs's doctor and
- convert it into HTML.</li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- Roland McGrath has done some of this on his <a
- href="http://www.frob.com/~roland";>home pages</a>. Ask him if you
- can copy his work over to http://www.gnu.org.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-</ul>
<h3 id="conversions">Format Conversions</h3>
@@ -100,48 +69,13 @@
template. Also read our <a
href="/server/standards/README.software.html">software page
standards</a>.</li>
- <li>Work on improving our <a href="/server/sitemap.html">sitemap</a>.
- <ul>
- <li>Design a better sitemap that helps people find all places on the
- website easily. The sitemap should highlight particularly important
- parts of sub-pages. (For example, the philosophy listing on the site
- map should have under it links to some particularly useful essays on the
- philosophy page).</li>
- <li>Come up with several different ways of presenting the sitemap,
- that consider both the differences in
- <ul>
- <li>how people perceive web pages, and</li>
- <li>how people use the site.</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>Also, the idea of creating a programatically generated sitemap
- has been proposed; this would primarily be a tool to aid in
- writing by hand a more easily navigated sitemap.</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="graphics">Graphics</h3>
-<ul>
- <li>Remove JPEG artifacts
- from all PNG pictures. You do this by removing "loose" pixels and
- turning them into 1bpp (in case of black/white drawings).</li>
- <li>Create new <a href="/graphics/graphics.html">graphics</a>
- for our web pages. We mostly want to have nicer drawings like the ones
- we already have and perhaps in more colors.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="valid">Validation and Broken Links</h3>
+<h3 id="valid">Broken Links</h3>
<ul>
<li>
- Check all the web pages for well formedness, consistency with
- our HTML style sheet, and webmaster guidelines. All web pages need to be
valid to
- their specific DTD, (the <a href="http://validator.w3.org";>W3C
- Validator</a> is a good place to start).
- </li>
- <li>
Help is needed
<a href="/server/standards/README.webmastering.html#poldeadlink">repairing
broken links</a>. There are numerous
@@ -193,7 +127,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/07/13 18:10:19 $
+$Date: 2011/09/17 18:10:26 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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